Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Guatemala
Guatemala: Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area was 3,476 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Guatemala, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Guatemala recorded 3,476 ha for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 46.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Guatemala peaked at 3,476 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 153 ha, in 1992.
That places Guatemala 44th out of 128 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Guatemala, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 410 ha | — |
| 1962 | 410 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 410 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 420 ha | +2.4% |
| 1965 | 420 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 430 ha | +2.4% |
| 1967 | 430 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 490 ha | +14.0% |
| 1969 | 460 ha | -6.1% |
| 1970 | 440 ha | -4.3% |
| 1971 | 420 ha | -4.5% |
| 1972 | 400 ha | -4.8% |
| 1973 | 380 ha | -5.0% |
| 1974 | 360 ha | -5.3% |
| 1975 | 340 ha | -5.6% |
| 1976 | 340 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 300 ha | -11.8% |
| 1978 | 270 ha | -10.0% |
| 1979 | 250 ha | -7.4% |
| 1980 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 220 ha | -12.0% |
| 1982 | 220 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 230 ha | +4.5% |
| 1984 | 230 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 240 ha | +4.3% |
| 1986 | 230 ha | -4.2% |
| 1987 | 220 ha | -4.3% |
| 1988 | 220 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 210 ha | -4.5% |
| 1990 | 209 ha | -0.5% |
| 1991 | 200 ha | -4.3% |
| 1992 | 153 ha | -23.5% |
| 1993 | 172 ha | +12.4% |
| 1994 | 250 ha | +45.3% |
| 1995 | 358 ha | +43.2% |
| 1996 | 300 ha | -16.2% |
| 1997 | 360 ha | +20.0% |
| 1998 | 750 ha | +108.3% |
| 1999 | 900 ha | +20.0% |
| 2000 | 1,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 2001 | 489 ha | -51.1% |
| 2002 | 489 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1,048 ha | +114.3% |
| 2004 | 1,048 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1,048 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1,887 ha | +80.1% |
| 2007 | 1,887 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1,957 ha | +3.7% |
| 2009 | 2,167 ha | +10.7% |
| 2010 | 2,174 ha | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 2,216 ha | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 2,285 ha | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 2,257 ha | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 2,376 ha | +5.3% |
| 2015 | 2,306 ha | -2.9% |
| 2016 | 2,167 ha | -6.0% |
| 2017 | 2,300 ha | +6.1% |
| 2018 | 2,350 ha | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 2,771 ha | +17.9% |
| 2020 | 2,810 ha | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 3,049 ha | +8.5% |
| 2022 | 3,430 ha | +12.5% |
| 2023 | 3,467 ha | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 3,476 ha | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 431.11 ha | 410 ha | 490 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 350 ha | 250 ha | 440 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 227 ha | 210 ha | 250 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 365.2 ha | 153 ha | 900 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,302 ha | 489 ha | 2,167 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,320 ha | 2,167 ha | 2,771 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,246 ha | 2,810 ha | 3,476 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guatemala
- 41 Australia and New Zealand 3,773 ha compare
- 42 Australia 3,721 ha compare
- 43 Saudi Arabia 3,595 ha compare
- 45 Azerbaijan 3,454 ha compare
- 46 Albania 3,348 ha compare
- 47 Yemen 3,158 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Guatemala
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.71 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0955 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 630.24 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.74 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.437 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 9.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 9.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Guatemala?
- Chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Guatemala was 3,476 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area recorded in Guatemala?
- The highest recorded value was 3,476 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was 153 ha in 1992.
- How does Guatemala rank for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area?
- Guatemala ranks 44th out of 128 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area rising or falling in Guatemala?
- Over the last ten years it is up 46.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Guatemala data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.